How to grow in Coco: Feed schedule

[Cultivator]

Hey everyone. I am sorry that i have not been around to answer questions in this thread. I havent been on the forum for months and months. I needed a break from talking about growing weed. I love growing and I love helping everyone out but i have a very busy lifestyle and a lot of stress in my life so I just needed a break. Im not going to go back through older questions but i am around for newer ones.

I hope everyone is well.....

 

[TerpKing]

Welcome back Mr Cultivator! Hope you're well? Glad to see you back around the forum !

 

[Cultivator]

Cheers mate. Hope you ate doing well.

 

[Cultivator]

Hey Cult I really like your feed program you have produced, I'm really intrigued in the way you have put all these products together and like it alot! The only question i have which may sound stupid is, have you substituted your A&B feed or do you still used them? thank you for this amazing guide.
Kind regards Safety.

Im not sure what you mean mate? I use 3 part advanced nutes ph perfect and 1 part ionic bloom. But i will still use a 2 part nute (a+b) if i cant get my regular feeds for whatever reason.

 

[Slowpuffer]

Hey everyone. I am sorry that i have not been around to answer questions in this thread. I havent been on the forum for months and months. I needed a break from talking about growing weed. I love growing and I love helping everyone out but i have a very busy lifestyle and a lot of stress in my life so I just needed a break. Im not going to go back through older questions but i am around for newer ones.

I hope everyone is well.....

Did you do Spannabis ?? And it's really good having you back !!

 

[Cultivator]

Did you do Spannabis ?? And it's really good having you back !!

I didnt buddy. I missed my train to barcelona and then my friend who was coming decided he was flying to morrocco instead so i was left high and dry lol. Im definately going to next years mate.

 

[Derbybud]

Glad you're back Cult. Much missed

 

[Pennywise]

Good to see you back Cult. .

 

[Cultivator]

Thankyou

 

[Slowpuffer]

I didnt buddy. I missed my train to barcelona and then my friend who was coming decided he was flying to morrocco instead so i was left high and dry lol. Im definately going to next years mate.

The good news is, I'm still playing in coco !!

 

[Safetyoff321]

King regards safety

 

[Zebo2018]

Hi alot of people say you should water you plants until they are pissing out the bottom dont you believe in this i ready your grow schedual and im going to be following that on my next run im doing 40 dolatos and 20 skywalker og

 

[Cultivator]

Hi alot of people say you should water you plants until they are pissing out the bottom dont you believe in this i ready your grow schedual and im going to be following that on my next run im doing 40 dolatos and 20 skywalker og

No i rarely water to run off. It depends on how you plan to run your grow. Smaller pots require more feeds and in this instance it may be necessary to have some run off. However if using 20litre pits or bigger you def dont need run off. Again it depends if you feed 1x daily or multiple times. If feeding manually 1x daily then you will feed enough so the pots are light to lift 24hours later, dry but not completely dry that plants are wilting. If using drippers and multifeeding you will have run off and media will stay more wet but if doing it tbis way its better to do a 60/40mix with pebbles or perlite. If the coco stays wet you just asking for problems with gnats.

So its not wrong to give run off, but its not necessary. Not until you flush your plants anyway.

 

[Zebo2018]

Do you add all the nutrient in at the same time?

 

[Cultivator]

Do you add all the nutrient in at the same time?

What do you mean? Could you be a little more specific so i can make sure im answering your question correctly mate. Thanks.

 

[Zebo2018]

What do you mean? Could you be a little more specific so i can make sure im answering your question correctly mate. Thanks.

Like see all the nutrients listed in week 1 of veg/flower do they all go in the same reservoir and be fed to the plants every day or do you put some in one day some in another thanks for you patients im a noob

 

[Cultivator]

It all goes in the same res and fed daily.

 

[Zebo2018]

Hey everyone.

Ive been growing for a long time now and mostly coco. Ive grown literally thousands and thousands of plants so here i will dedicaye a thread to growing in coco.

Please ask questions, i will always answer. No question is stupid, if you dont know then you dont know.

I will start by adding this feeding schedule. There are variations and more ways to do it but this will 100% give quality results.


Here is the Coco schedule. Remember its a guide, no substitute for knowing plants needs.


Ive had a lot of questions on nutrients recently so im going to list a full nute schedule that i use for Coco and Hydro growing. Im not going to list a soil feed schedule because there are variables that could affect what nutrients are used. Also 99% of my growing is hydroponic and I include coco in that so I will advise on what I do to get top results.

Before I make the list be aware that nutrients are way less important than light source and environment. I know alot of people grow on a tight budget but dont skip on a good light source. The video I posted yesterday explains about minimum requirements for growing and why. You want minimum 400w actual draw for a 4x4 square foot area (1x1m), yes you can grow with less but i'm not interested in growing weed with a torch or a 200w draw LED that claims to be a 600w equivalent. If you are growing even one plant make it the best it can be, its a long process to grow. Dont settle for an oz or 2 every 3 months as its wasted time and money when you can x6 that minimum just by using the correct source. A 400w hps would be the minimum requirement for me and my feed schedule represents a grow using adequate light. It stands to reason that a plant with less light will need less nutrient, just like a standard car will need less fuel than a Bugatti Veron.

So with all that said here are the schedules. You can omit anything you like additive wise but base nutrient is the most important. These are recipes that work for me and will vary depending on the quality of the water but anyone using water that is no higher than 0.7ec (350ppm) or using RO water should work. Of course try to never use tap water higher than 0.4ec (200ppm) if it can be helped.

The schedules will be based on 9 week strains, if running 8 week strains just finish nutes a week earlier. I never grow strains longer than 9 weeks now but a 10 week strain you would add 1 more week of the final boost. Strains over that will be different mix and I wont touch on that today.

I have got to these recipes over 15 years or so growing. Im not saying this is the only way but you will not fail if you follow these recipes and have adequate light source and environment.

My schedules will go off using RO water so a starting water of 0 EC (0 PPM) This will make it easier, you can omit calmag if water is of good quality and 0.3ec+ usually but its worth having incase it needs to be dded. If using water of 0.3 ec (150ppm) for example you would add that value to the value of feed i suggest. So if I suggest 1.0 ec of nutes you would add 0.3ec on to that making 1.3ec. Also the values will add up so for example if its 0.3 calmag and i add base nutrient then add it on to the 0.3ec. so if i say base up to 1.0ec that includes the 0.3 of calmag, in other words 0.7ec of base nutrient.

Finally a good EC/PPM meter is really important as is a good PH Pen, they will help you know exactly what is going into the nutrient mix and will be a valuable tool for diagnosing any possible problems. Never go off what the bottle recommends especially for anything that effects EC/PPMs.

RECIPE FOR COCO COIR.....

SEEDLINGS....

Jiffy pellets/root riot cubes/rockwool

Calmag (optional, use if water is RO) 0.1ec (50ppm)
SuperVit 1 drop/4litres water
H+G Roots Excellurator Gold 0.3ml/litre
Great White mycorrhizae 1 scoop/4 litres
PH 5.5-5.8

Soak the cubes or pellets in the solution and wring out so damp and not wet, add the seedling. this mix will get the rooting started quickly and produce strong hairy roots. I transplant into a 1-3 litre pot as soon as the tap root comes out the bottom of the cube.


FIRST TRANSPLANT

Great White mycorrhizae sprinkled in the hole where cube will be placed or onto the cube itself.
CalMag 0.3ec (150ppm)
Advanced Nutrients PH Perfect Micro Grow Bloom 1.0ec (500ppm) This is approximately 2ml/litre.
Roots Excellurator 0.3ml/litre
SuperVit 1drop/4liitres
Advanced Nutrients VooDoo Juice 2ml/litre (once per week)

PH 5.8

SECOND TRANSPLANT.....

Great White Mycorrhizae sprinkled in hole for transplant or direct onto rootzone
CalMag 0.3ec (150ppm)
Advanced Nutrient PH Perfect Micro Grow Bloom 1.2-1.4ec (600-700ppm)
SuperVit 1drop/4litres
Roots Excellurator 0.3ml/litre
Advanced Nutrients Voodoo juice 2ml/litre (once per week)

FLOWER PERIOD (START OF 12/12)

WEEK 1

Calmag 0.3ec (150ppm)
Ionic Coco Bloom 1.4ec (700ppm)
Buddhas Tree Flower Burst 0.25ml/litre
Advanced Nutrients Voodoo juice 2ml/litre
Roots Excellurator 0.3ml/litre
Great White mycorrhizae 1scoop/10 litres
Advanced Nutrients sensizym 2ml/litre or Cannazym 2.5ml/litre

PH5.8-6.0

WEEK 2

Calmag 0.3ec (150ppm)
Ionic Coco Bloom 1.4ec (700ppm)
Buddhas Tree Flower Burst 0.25ml/litre
Advanced Nutrients Voodoo juice 2ml/litre
Roots Excellurator 0.3ml/litre
Great White mycorrhizae 1scoop/10 litres
Advanced Nutrients Sensizym 2ml/litre or Cannazym 2.5ml/litre

PH 5.8-6.0

WEEK 3

CalMag 0.3ec (150ppm)
Ionic Coco Bloom 1.5-1.6ec (750-800ppm)
Buddhas Tree Flower Burst 0.25ml/litre
Sensizym 2ml/litre or Cannazym 2.5ml/litre

PH 5.8-6.0

WEEK 4 and WEEK 5

CalMag 0.3ec (150ppm)
Ionic Coco Bloom 1.6ec (800ppm)
Buddhas Tree PK 0.25ml/litre
Buddhas Tree Advanced Metaboost 1ml/litre
Sensizym 2ml/litre or Cannazym 2.5ml/litre

PH 5.8-6.0

WEEK 6

CalMag 0.3ml/litre (150ppm)
Ionic Coco Bloom 1.6ec (800ppm)
Buddhas Tree Pk 0.5ml/litre
Buddhas Tree Advanced Metaboost 1-2ml/litre
Great White mycorrhizae 1 scoop/10litres

PH5.8-6.0

WEEK 7

CalMag 0.3ec (150ppm)
Ionic Coco Bloom 1.6ec (800ppm)
Plagron Green Sensation 1.8ec (900ppm) (can use Buddhas tree PK and metaboost as in week 6)

PH5.8-6.0

WEEK 8

CalMag 0.3ec (150ppm)
Ionic Coco Bloom 1.8ec (900ppm)
Plagron Green Sensation 2.0ec (1000ppm) (can use Buddhas tree PK and metaboost as in week 6)

PH 5.8-6.0

WEEK 9

First water to 50% run off.
Allow to dry until pots light to lift.
Water only daily. Enough so that its ready for more 24 hours later. DO NOT KEEP DRENCHED. Biggest chance of bud rot is now.
Flushing will clean excess salts and increase both yield and quality as it forces plants to finish.
Only water until harvest, minimum 7 days water.




Hydro is exactly the same as above with 3 changes.

1st replace Ionic Coco Bloom with Ionic Hydro Bloom

2nd Base nutrient EC/PPM at each feed can be pushed an extra 0.2ec/100ppm if required

3rd PH should be between 5.5-6.0 throughout.


In Recirculating Hydro PH swings are normal, allow some fluctuation as its better for plants to have a good range to uptake nutes. Set it at the lower end and allow it to increase. If it goes over 6.0 readjust to 5.8.



The recipe above is just one recipe that works well. Once you understand the plants needs at each period of growth you can adjust the feeds as going week by week isnt the most accurate way to do it but 100% this baseline recipe will give great results.

Finally in Coco and Hydro plants must be fed daily at least once per day. Do not keep media saturated ever. For Coco give enough liquid so plants are ready to be fed again 24 hours later when hand feeding. So plants should be light to lift but not completely dried out to the point of leaves wilting. Never allow it to dry out completely as the salts in the Media will burn the roots.


I hope this helps and if anyone wants alternatives to any products just ask.

Peace.

So if im in 15ltr pots and i give them 1ltr each is that about right so there ready to feed 24 hours later? Thanks for your patients bro

 

[Slowpuffer]

So if im in 15ltr pots and i give them 1ltr each is that about right so there ready to feed 24 hours later? Thanks for your patients bro

I've been doing just about that. I'm in 5 gal. bags. I'm flushing at end of week 7, and then give them 1 qt per day of plain ph 6-7 water, till harvest. So I'm also interested in replys.

 

[Cultivator]

Its impossible for me to say. Only yoi can know that because it depends on plant size, root mass, environment, humidity and temps. I personally would try push for double that. If you start small and buold it up you will get to a point where you find it. In the beginning tbe pots will be wet alot untill roots are established. Then they will dry faster and faster. Remember dont allow them to dry out completly, the plants leaves should never dròop but pots should be light in weight.